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Triathlon Training - Swimming
By on 19/06/2006 12:28:03
Jump in at the deep end with our lowdown on swim training and how it can help your running
-turned-triathlete and the author of The Triathlete's Training Bible (VeloPress, 2004). "Swimming tends to stretch you out, whereas running tends to compress you." Running, of course, is a high-impact, primarily lower-body activity, while swimming is a full-body activity that
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Super Swim Training Aids
By on 18/11/2009 15:47:50
You don't need much equipment for a basic swim session, but you can seriously improve your time and your technique with a few pieces of very specific kit
select set of training aids, along with interval training and drills, will help to fine-tune your technique. Whether you're a beginner or an elite swimmer, there are certain items you should have in your swim bag. Training aids improve technique, develop
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Challenge Your Swim Perceptions
By on 24/11/2009 17:42:47
Evaluate your effort for more effective swim training
way to monitor your training effort. On a scale of one to 10, a three would be a very easy session, perhaps a very easy distance swim, run or ride with concentration on technique; a seven would be a medium-intensity session; while a nine would be a
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Pool Your Talents
By on 18/11/2009 12:56:12
The majority of your swim training may take place in the pool, but it can still improve your open-water skills
and you don't want to go with them.Try this now: Train with a friend and take it in turns to swim on each other's feet.Take heartIn the bike and run sections you can take in air whenever you like, but when you're swimming you can only breathe at a certain
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Tame the Open Water
By on 12/06/2006 08:49:58
Don't let the thought of open water swimming put you off doing a triathlon. These basic training drills will have you up to speed
Most runners who are considering their first triathlon can cope with the cycling aspect of the event. It's the swimming that scares the life out of them. But it shouldn't, as long as they know the basics. "Gifted swimmers simply have a better
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Triathlon Training - Running
By on 19/06/2006 12:43:22
Your running needn't suffer from adding cycling and swimming to your training schedule
Here's a no-brainer: when you add swimming and cycling sessions to your training, you need to adjust your running schedule. More specifically, as you make room for these new sports in your training, you have to plan more carefully the types of runs
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Pool Your Talents
By on 04/06/2010 08:37:23
The majority of your swim training may take place in the pool, but it can still improve your open-water skills
don't want to go with them.Try this now:Train with a friend and take it in turns to swim on each other's feet.Take heartIn the bike and run sections you can take in air whenever you like, but when you're swimming you can only breathe at a certain point
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One runner, one Channel, one swim
By Nicola Joyce on 03/08/2004 16:39:17
If this doesn't inspire you to train long, nothing will. It's not running, but it's the rather impressive story of RW forum regular Dr Nic swimming the Channel
and the contacts to book a swim for 2004, I took my background as a pool swimmer, and applied what I’d learned from years training for long-distance running events in order to begin training. Like marathon training, I built a solid aerobic base, added regular
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The Total Immersion Approach
By on 18/11/2009 15:23:58
If you're new to swimming you probably won't be aware quite how different the Total Immersion [TI] approach is to more traditional methods of swimming instruction. Here are some key differences
, balance, core rotation, aquatic breathing skills and core kicking. It doesn't matter where you are in your swimming career, everyone has to first master these skills.3. Since TI believes swimming is a technical rather than an endurance sport, drills always
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A Breath Of Fresh Air
By on 18/11/2009 15:18:21
As part of his continuing battle to become a better swimmer, Steven Seaton tries a revolutionary approach, in a garden shed
.It wasn't until later that week, when I went to the pool to practise the skill of swimming rather than to train, that I realised I'd absorbed the message of the programme. Trying to be a better swimmer starts in your head, if you are prepared to think
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